The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-05-11
TIE INTERSTATE ENCAMpNIENT
&NKH NGE1.EETS rERFECTED 70 X
THE MEETING AT SPARTANBURG.

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THE MEETING AT SPARTANBURG.
! Details or Interest tn all the Farmers o
| south EA"oIinn-What Has Eccn nnt
| What !tiI! bc Done.
TLe tirat annual meeting of The inter
State FIriners' Summer Eucampmcnt
will assemble ut the Encampmcnt
Grounds, Mt Spartanburg, South Carroll
na, at 3 o'clock, ii. m, Tuesday, August
End, So, and continue until Saturday
August Gih.
TIL Interstate Farmers Encamp
mont Is the result Of the combined efforts
OF the friends OF Agriculture, in all it,
departments, to Gil a want long felt by
those most heartily interested in the
material progress OF our Southern States.
Ii is under the auspices OF the Patrons
of uusbandry of Alabama, Tennessee,
| Georgia, North Carolina and South
Carolina
The primc object of this Exhibition
IS, u IT the producing classes all over the
cou! gY may meet annually in friendly
rival. aud competition, for the purpose
oi displaying what each has wrought
durin& the year. Such gatherings arc
highly beneficial, not only because they
Gitord TO mi au opportunity of bcholding
what has been done, but rather because
it is alnid such surroundings thof tho
ilaggiuy cuergies and drooping nspira-
ton ul the multitudcs arc GIickrncd
into activity, and they return TO the
quiet OF farm and shop determined to
equal, and, il possible, surpass the tri-
umplls they have witnessed, Several of
these Interstate I,ncampmcnts are, and
have been for years, in the most success.
iui oDuralion in other parts of the United
States, at which there attend Annually
hundreds or thousands of visitors from
all the various occupations OF life They
go away benefited, and for this purpose
mainly was this Emcampmcnt inaugu-
rated.
The location Of the Encamnncnt is
central and easily accessible from every
county in the States aforementioned.
Il is directly on Che line of the ATLANTA
auI Charlotte Division OF the Richmond
and DHnyillc Railroad, with direct con
ncctions nj Spartanburg zone mile from
grounds with Charleston ana the Sea
GuNst, Augusta and the South, Atlanta
and the Southwest and West, Ashevillc
and the Northwest and West, and Char
lotto aud ali points beyond to the East,
North and Northeast. 1t lies ut The foot
oil and III clear yiCw of the Blue RIDGE
Mountains.
The C.iy Of Spartunbmg, $. g., was
chosen Uy tho committee charged with
the selection OF Il location on account of
tho many advantages and facilities
Afforded to such grand enterprise.
lst. The Ru!!roau facilities OF the To-
cation nj Spar.arbimg are unsurpassed
Tor cay and speedy access from every
pant ot t,,o whole country.
md. Ihc CITY is the first and only
one Q! amy Importance directly in The
IIclimoui region and having direct and
short i,a,lroad linc across The Blue
hn8o Mountains into l.pSt tennessee,
Western North Carolina and beyond to
the great West.
"!i Ii j. n the direct line Of ., sum
NOR tiHEci from the low counties of
SG"th C"rotnA and Georgia, and from
iloEidH to thc mountain resorts OF West
cri N"TIh carolina.
i'n, me hCaith oi the City and Con-
- . ~ "''1Ni l'"No''' W amy
'oC""ty III thC whole Southern States.
pm. 1t IS also easily accessible to the
celebrated Health Resort OF Glenn
oFtlhSS; besides many resorts OF minor
Ali0fUtncc within easy reach.
oth, The whole City and County is
"ilTo TO any and every enterprise that
looks 90 the upbmldlng OF the South and
thc lettering OF th9Scondition Of the
Aaftc'l''ir'i ana PRODUCING classes.
nc grounds are thirty acres in cX
'cnt' lacih8 the railroad where there
VIII DC double side tracks with hand
some som an" convenient dcpots. Water
VII! DC npuhduntly supplied from wells
ana from the CITY Water Works. Streets
@mu Hiru AVShues surround ana lntersect the
'toI'h''S ,In ao convenient distances.
,,.-L..II lnoIo nus mas tT Deeh " mammoth Pavilion
cioctcu mean INC ccntfc oi the grounds,
III wiiich p"nhc addresses VIII be dcIiv-
crcu ny promihcnt AgncnlturGIIsts at
various hours III thc day and evening.
one OF the states above named is now
efcc'.h8 I" handsome and commodious